Table of ancient measurement units
and origins

 by Jim Allen

1 English inch = 25.399772mm taken as 25.4mm

1 English inch = 1/500,000 part of Earth's polar diameter
half inch = 1,000,000,000 part of Earth's polar diameter

1 palm = 3 inches
1 pound weight was originally the weight of a cube of 3 x 3 x 3 inches filled with water
a cubic foot originally weighed 64lbs and contained 8 gallons
a modern cubic foot weighs 62.137lbs and contains 6.2 gallons

Foot

English 12.0" (304.8mm) derived from polar diameter

Saxon 13.2" (335.3mm) 20 Sumerian shusi

Roman (1) 13.18" (335.0mm) similar to Saxon foot

Roman (2) 11.65" (295.9mm) 24/25ths of the Greek foot

Paris (1) 12.785" (324.74mm) 1/6th of toise diameter of wheel

Paris (2) 12.789" (324.84mm) diameter of wheel

Russian 14.0" (355.6mm) diameter of wheel

Greek 12.136" (308.3mm) Greece latitude

Babylon 12.126" (308.0mm) Babylon latitude and Phoenicia

Egypt (1) 12.118" (307.8mm) Egypt latitude

Egypt (2) 11.81" (300.0mm) circumference as pi 3141592653

Remen 14.58" (370.3mm) mean of latitudes

Cubit

Egyptian Royal (1) 20.62" (523.7mm) circumference of earth in atur

Egyptian Royal (2) 20.6264" (523.9mm) diameter of earth in atur

Egyptian Royal (3) 20.669" (525.0mm) circumference as pi 3141592653

EgyptianRoyal (4) 20.72" (526.3mm) circumference as 40,000,000mtrs

Sumerian 19.8" (502.9mm) 24/25ths of Egyptian Royal cubit

Greek 18.205" (462.4mm) Greece latitude

Babylon 18.1889" (462.0mm) Babylon latitude and Phoenicia

Egypt Geographic(1) 18.177" (461.7mm) Egypt latitude

Egypt Geographic(2) 17.716" (450.0mm) circumference as pi 3141592653

Sacred Cubit = 25 inches

Great Cubit = 30 inches = sacred cubit of 25" plus a hand of 5"

Megalithic Yard

Britain 2.72ft 32.64" (829.0mm) year of 365¼ days

Sumeria 2.750ft 33.0" (838.2mm) year of 360 days

India 2.750ft 33.0" (838.2mm) year of 360 days

Peru 2.750ft 33.0" (838.2mm) year of 360 days

Statute Mile 5280ft or 8 furlongs of 240 Sumerian yards

Geographic Mile

6076.8884ft mean of meridians latitude

6056.97ft Egypt middle latitude

6062.99ft Babylon latitude

6068.46ft Greece latitude

6046.3418ft equatorial latitude

6087.268ft equatorial longitude

6107.7755ft polar latitude

Nautical mile 6080.00ft Admiralty sea mile

1 Sumerian shusi = 0.66"
10 Sumerian Shusi = 6.6" = 1 hand
12 Sumerian Shusi = 7.2" = 1 link
20 Sumerian shusi = 13.2" = 1 foot
30 Sumerian Shusi = 19.8" = 1 cubit
50 Sumerian Shusi = 33.0" = 1 Sumerian yard
100 Sumerian Shusi = 66.0" = 1 double Sumerian yard

1 acre = 600 x 60 Sumerian feet = 36,000 sq Sumerian feet
1 acre = 660 x 66 English feet = 43,560 sq English feet
1 pole = 15 Sumerian feet
1 pole = 16.5 English feet
1 chain = 60 Sumerian feet
1 chain = 66 English feet
1 furlong = 600 Sumerian feet
1 furlong = 660 English feet

1 Royal cubit of 21 inches rolls out a double Sumerian yard of 66" or 2 Sumerian yards

1 metre = 1/10,000,000 part of the Earth's quadrant circumference
1 litre = a cube of 100mm x 100mm x 100mm
1 kilogram = the weight of a cube of 100mm x 100mm x 100mm filled with water

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